Alex Bowman will remain out of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for the second consecutive week with vertigo, the team announced Wednesday.
Bowman was sidelined from last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway after being diagnosed with vertigo midweek. Justin Allgaier, the 2024 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion, will drive the No. 48 Chevrolet at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday (4 p.m. ET, FS1, HBO Max, FOX One, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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Bowman first experienced symptoms of vertigo during the March 1 race at Circuit of The Americas, where he exited his vehicle after 71 of 95 laps before Myatt Snider replaced him in Snider’s inaugural Cup Series laps.
“Alex continues to work closely with doctors toward being medically cleared, but he’s still experiencing some lingering symptoms,” Hendrick Motorsports president and general manager Jeff Andrews said in a team statement. “He’s put a lot into the recovery process, and we will continue to support him every step of the way. Our priority remains making sure Alex is fully ready before returning to the race car.”
Anthony Alfredo, a simulation driver for Hendrick Motorsports, filled in for Bowman last weekend at Phoenix. He was running seventh when he was collected in a crash at Lap 217 that ended his day, resulting in a 33rd-place finish. Phoenix marked Alfredo’s first Cup Series appearance on a non-drafting-style track since April 2023 at Martinsville Speedway.
Allgaier is a 29-time winner in O’Reilly Auto Parts Series competition, earning his most recent victory last Saturday at Phoenix Raceway. The 39-year-old veteran has made 84 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, most recently in the 2026 Daytona 500 with JR Motorsports. Allgaier has substituted for Hendrick Motorsports drivers in the past, including for Jimmie Johnson in the 2020 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and for Kyle Larson in the 2024 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he finished 13th.
In his ninth season with the Rick Hendrick-owned team, Bowman sits 36th in the Cup Series standings after involvement in incidents at both Daytona and EchoPark Speedway to start the season.